MRU Students Attended Mediation Summer School in Riga - MRU
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13 July, 2018
MRU Students Attended Mediation Summer School in Riga

July 9th-20th, 2018, seven Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) students attended the ERASMUS+ Intensive Course „Negotiation and Mediation. Cross-border Dispute Resolution Training supported by On-line Tools” in Riga, Latvia. MRU delegated students from the Faculty of Law and the Institute of Communication to attend the Summer School to increase knowledge and skills in the field of mediation. A total of 40 Bachelor's and Master's Degree students took part in the course from 6 partner universities. They come from Austria, Bulgaria, Latvia, Italy, the Czech Republic, and Lithuania Lessons and practical seminars are offered by professors from 4 partner universities as well as professional mediators. MRU was represented by Law Faculty Assoc. Prof. Agnė Tvaronavičienė and Assoc. Prof. Natalija Kaminskienė. They gave interactive trainings together with partners from other universities. During the course, students explored topics of mediation, learning theory. They participated in study visits and discussions with professional mediators and also perfected practical skills through role-plays and simulations. This year special attention has been placed on online mediation and new techniques and online tools in the field of mediation. Project partners, within the framework of the project, developed an online mediation training platform. This intensive course provided an opportunity to test the newly-developed platform and receive feedback from students. The platform will be officially launched and available for interested universities or mediation training institutions from March 2019. More information is available on http://mediation.turiba.lv This Course is being implemented by Latvia's Turiba University in cooperation with five partner Universities – University of Genoa (Italy), MRU (Lithuania), the University of National and World Economy (Bulgaria), the University of Graz (Austria) and the University of Economics, Prague (Czech Republic). This Course was implemented within the framework of the project and supported by the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership Programme. Project Number: 2016-1-LV01-KA203-022660.